Tidewater in 1907 -- World Record?

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Gentlemen,

Sometime, in the late '60s I suppose, I saw and photographed one of these 
back-up moves to get an empty train to Elmore. There was a small manned 
tower (actually just a shanty) called "KV" at the junction on the Vgn side.

Jeff Sanders

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> Jim,

>

> After the the merger with the Virginian, it was desirable to run loaded 

> coal trains over the VGN and the crossover was oriented for eastbound coal 

> trains from Bluefield to move from the N&W main to the VGN main at 

> Kellysville. Since empties were returned on the old N&W main, most went to 

> Bluefield but if empties went to Princeton, then it was necessary to stop 

> the train on the upgrade, back downgrade the empty train through the 

> crossover, and then proceed upgrade to Princeton. A retired road foreman 

> of engines confirmed that this was the normal procedure until the 

> elimination of the VGN line between Kellysville and Narrows and the 

> subsequnent connection instead of the crossover at Kellysville.

>

> Bud Jeffries

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>> The original connection allowed eastbounds to cross from N&W to Vgn. (I 

>> guess the westbound empties would have had to back to get from N&W to 

>> Vgn).?

>> Jim Nichols

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>>

>>

>> If needed they probably used the Potts Valley connector... or the 

>> Bluestone branch to Matoaka

>>

>> Robb Fisher

>> RFDI

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